Medium

Cross-Site Scripting in Bootstrap Package

  • Disclosed: 29.04.2021
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Problem

It has been discovered that rendering content in the website frontend is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. A valid backend user account is needed to exploit this vulnerability.

The following templates are affected by the vulnerability:

  • Resources/Private/Partials/ContentElements/Carousel/Item/CallToAction.html
  • Resources/Private/Partials/ContentElements/Carousel/Item/Header.html
  • Resources/Private/Partials/ContentElements/Carousel/Item/Text.html
  • Resources/Private/Partials/ContentElements/Carousel/Item/TextAndImage.html
  • Resources/Private/Partials/ContentElements/Header/SubHeader.html

Users of the extension, who have overwritten the affected templates with custom code must manually apply the security fix as shown in this Git commit.

Solution

Update to version 7.1.2, 8.0.8, 9.0.4, 9.1.3, 10.0.10 or 11.0.3 of the Bootstrap Package that fix the problem described.

Updated version are available from the TYPO3 extension manager, Packagist and at https://extensions.typo3.org/extension/download/bootstrap_package/.

Credits

Thanks to TYPO3 security team member Oliver Hader who reported and fixed the issue.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package bk2k/bootstrap-package >= 7.1.0, < 7.1.2, >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.8, >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.4, >= 9.1.0, < 9.1.3, >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.10, >= 11.0.0, < 11.0.3 7.1.2, 8.0.8, 9.0.4, 9.1.3, 10.0.10, 11.0.3

References

CVSS score 5.4/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Composer
Package
bk2k/bootstrap-package
Disclosed
29.04.2021
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-p48w-vf3c-rqjx - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: bk2k/bootstrap-package

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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